[DarkwingMantis]

Bush vows to retaliate against hurricanes... here is his speech...

"Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly weather acts.

The victims were in New Orleans, Mississippi and Biloxi. Secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers. Moms and dads. Friends and neighbors.

Dozens of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of weather.The pictures of violent rains and broken levees have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.

These acts of mass rain were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.

The harshest hurricanes can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

America was targeted by the evil hurricane for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.

Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of Mother Nature, and we responded with the best of America, with the daring of our rescue workers – the remaining few hundred members of our National Guard who hadn’t yet been deployed to Iraq.

Immediately following the first hurricane attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans. Our military is powerful, and it's prepared. We’ve already positioned nukes at hovering cirrus clouds. We will avenge this terrible attack. Our emergency teams are working in New Orleans and Mississippi to help with local rescue efforts.

Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to take every precaution to protect our citizens at home and around the world from further attacks.

We will wipe out hurricanes abroad
so we no longer have to fight them on
American soil.
The functions of New Orleans continue without interruption. Speakeasies and whorehouses in the French Quarter which had to be evacuated today are reopening for essential personnel tonight, and will be open for business tomorrow.

Our financial institutions remain strong, and the Louisianan economy will be open for business as well. Tourists may be subjected to topless, 40-year-old, bead-draped women as early as tomorrow morning.

The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've placed the full resources of the Federal Government at the disposal of our nation’s local FOX News affiliate weathermen and law-enforcement communities to find those dark clouds responsible, and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the rain clouds that committed these acts, and the sky that harbors them.

I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning Hurricane Katrina. And on behalf of the American people, I thank the many meteorologists who have called to offer their condolences and assistance.

FOX News meteorologists will stay vigilant!

America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and security in the world, and we stand together to win the war against hurricanes.

This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down inclement weather before, and we will do so this time.

None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend rainless skies and all that is good and just in our world.

Thank you. Good night, and God bless America."